Nvidia’s latest product line titled “RTX” is a set of graphic cards that makes real-time ray-tracing possible. All technical jargon aside, this technology means games can finally move ahead from the block of baked shadows and reflections to real shadows and reflections. Now naked eyes will not be able to figure out these differences in many recent titles because developers have mastered artificial lighting and shadows.
But think of it as going from the handwritten math to automated calculator. The results will be similar, but one will be faster and easier. Similarly, RTX will allow developers to make lighting with much more ease. But there are some significant drawbacks to Nvidia RTX that we should discuss.
10 Needs Improvement: Multiplayer Implementation
Nvidia RTX is a cool feature and a significant advancement for the whole gaming industry. Players can now see a more accurate representation of the environments they are exploring. But here’s one question that not many have asked before: how does all of this impact the Multiplayer games, and what will be the main advantage?
Sadly, for now, RTX is known to drop down the frame rate, something that is undoubtedly not benefiting online gameplay. For now, it is better to play competitive games without RTX turned on.
9 Great: Realism
The most significant factor for owning an Nvidia RTX card has to be realism. Now not everyone seeks this particular characteristic when playing games, but some like it a lot. So for them, this has to be the next significant step in the art of video game development.
Finally, players will be able to experience real lighting and reflections. Think of it like how particle effects were in games before physics was implemented in games. Now compare it to the modern physics-based impacts that will always be cooler to look at and realistic.
8 Needs Improvement: Performance Dip
Getting back to the biggest down of the downs for owning an RTX right now. The current high-end RTX cards are sturdy and brutal enough to handle standard games that do not utilize ray-tracing effects. However, the ones that do will lead to a significant performance dip.
This is understandable since the cards are rendering real lighting in the game, and there will always be a drop. So that is not the real issue. The biggest problem with current cards is the margin of frames between the effects turned on and off. And that is something that needs to be reduced to a bare minimum.
7 Great: Cinematic & Artistic Environments
One big positive of ray-tracing technology is the ability to merge lighting in a way and create visual spectacles that were not possible before. Something that would involve a lot of weird tricks and hard work to get right can now be done much faster. This is a big sign at the fact that gamers will soon get numerous artistic or cinematic video games.
On the whole, this furthers the visual fidelity and scope of building unique environments. Remedy’s Control is a decent example of this, and it is just the beginning.
6 Needs Improvement: Random Effects
Wastage of horsepower is also a significant problem for RTX cards. It would be easy to throw in a direct light source in the game engine, but making it look right would still be in the hands of the developer. No one can expect something to look great without putting in the effort.
This is why it will never be worth the gamble to have features that do not make a difference to visuals or ambiance. One example is the effects in Shadow Of The Tomb Raider, which are just as an enhancement feature, not adding anything significant to visuals.
5 Great: Developer Freedom
The best part of this feature might not just be for gamers, but developers as well. As technologies move forward, people are inventing software and apps and improving them with every update. The main goal will always be ease of use and advancement of features, just like calculations are more straightforward on a calculator.
Ray-tracing will make sure developers spend less time tweaking and baking fake stuff and concentrate on aspects like mastering the light and working on game-oriented details, and that is indirectly good for gamers.
4 Needs Improvement: Lack Of Efforts
RTX allows developers to quickly set up light and reflections, but this can also result in a lack of effort. In most games, every scene and the environment is handcrafted and polished, especially in the case of Triple-A titles.
This means that game makers are forced to check and make sure every corner looks up to the point. With the ability of real-time ray tracing, developers will be at ease. This can result in loopholes and gaps, resulting in some areas look great while others look bad.
3 Great: Horror Games
The biggest positive of RTX has to be a genre-specific impact. Horror and thriller games will immensely increase in quality by real-time ray tracing. As better and more realistic lighting will build immersion. That is a critical factor in Horror games. Just imagine playing a game, where every reflection and shadow is made to scare the hell out of players.
On top, realistic lighting means the darkness and light will interact with the environment correctly, creating a scary world that wasn’t possible before.
2 Needs Improvement: Superfluous Support
On the same side, RTX is terrible in terms of quality assurance. At least in titles that are just featuring the technology without a good reason. Nvidia’s ray-tracing is high tech, but a great tech is of no use if the game itself doesn’t need it.
Many developers are just collaborating and opting for this to be an added feature without really thinking about it. This is why there are games such as Quake RTX and a few others, where the involvement of RTX doesn’t do anything logical as it doesn’t contribute to visual art or gameplay features.
1 Great: Tech Advancement
The best part of Nvidia’s RTX is the overall tech advancement. Newer games are said to be best optimized on SSDs. This means loading times would be less. Couple it up with real-time ray tracing, and you get a game experience that was genuinely not possible on the consoles or PCs before.
Developers will be able to forge huge open-worlds that look real, and it takes less than a second to fast travel in-between. All in all, RTX has a vast scope, and if used right can end up being a generation-defining feature.
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